Cheltenham Off Trix Agenda

Money Trix has met with a setback which has ruled him out of the Royal & SunAlliance Chase at Cheltenham next month.

The lightly-raced grey was generally available at 12-1 for the staying novice championship at the Festival.

He made a successful chasing debut less than four weeks ago at Newcastle after being off the track for 21 months.

"He won't be running for a couple of weeks and he won't be going to Cheltenham either," said trainer Nicky Richards.

"He has a slight problem. I hope it's not serious but we'll know more in a couple of weeks. We'll just see how the treatment goes and then take it from there.

"I don't want anybody backing him for the Royal & SunAlliance. I hope we might get him back on the track before the end of the season."

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